The Hershey Company - Hershey, PA
posted 2 months ago
Full-time - Entry Level
Remote - Hershey, PA
Food Manufacturing
About the position
The Analyst, Global Ocean Freight at The Hershey Company plays a crucial role in supporting the company's Global Logistics strategy. This position involves collaboration with various teams, including International Supply Chain, Finance, Domestic Transportation, and Procurement, to manage ocean and drayage transactions effectively. The analyst will maintain a comprehensive understanding of import and export lanes, assist in rate negotiations, and provide analytical support for the RFQ process, ensuring the smooth operation of logistics and freight procurement.
Responsibilities
- Works with INTL Supply Chain teams to facilitate new lane setups for ocean freight and drayage to support shipments to export markets
- Works cross functionally to support logistics analyses for new product and innovation launches
- Aids both Global Ocean Freight Manager and Procurement teams to facilitate historic and analytical results for both annual and ad hoc RFQ processes
- Super user of logistics visibility platform (Buyco)
- Collaborates with Supply Chain and Hershey Business Process teams to provide recommendations to Logistics Manager on any opportunity areas
- Supports requests from finance for freight cost analyses
- Maintains routing guide with contract amendments and updates to fuel schedules
- Creates, consolidates, and drives continuous improvement internally and externally through score carding on carrier performance
- Works with freight billing team to resolve Detention and Demurrage disputes
- Cross-functionally collaborates with various teams to support company freight savings (CI) goals for both ocean freight and drayage
Requirements
- Understanding of international logistics operations and timing of key ocean transportation milestones
- At least 2-3+ years operational experience in ocean/drayage modes of transport
- Experience in analytical analysis and score carding
- Logistics tracking and analytics software experience preferred
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills (both written & verbal)
- Effective organization and project management skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel
- Experience in Power BI and/or other analytical tools preferred
- College degree in Business Administration, International Transportation & Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or related degree preferred
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in logistics tracking and analytics software
- Proficient in Power BI or other analytical tools
